For the past week, Butte has been home to the Tony Sawyer murder case. Monday, Sawyer was found guilty of deliberate homicide in the shooting death of 37-year-old Joe Powers. The deadly altercation happened over the use of meth.
Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester said this case is just another example of how meth related crimes have increased. Therefore, his agency sees violence and as well as property crimes also increase.
"We are starting see and have seen in the past two-three years a couple of homicides are methamphetamine certainly played a role in," said Lester.
Lester said their new K-9 unit, which he said, has been very effective in solving and investigating drug related crimes.
"The new program the K-9 has been affective in apprehending people who are in possession methamphetamine. So and again we work with the Southwest Montana Drug Task Force as far as enforcement," said Lester.
Another organization continuing to combat meth in Montana is the Montana Meth Project. They said Montana currently rank 39th in the nation for meth abuse but their mission continues to change that ranking.
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